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DENVER HEALTH
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REPORT TO THE CITY
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2022
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Clinical Training Center (NNPTC)
and Disease Intervention Training
Center (DITC) efforts.
As part
of these grants, the DPTC has
facilitated and delivered mpox
training. The DPTC also delivered
additional disease intervention
training as part of the American
Rescue Act to address emerging
public health issues.
Denver Health and its public
health clinics began supporting
the mpox response in Denver,
the metro region, and across the
state. Public health providers
emerged as local experts in the
mpox response, supporting other
departments at Denver Health
as well as partners and the
community. Public health clinics
later would begin offering TPOXX
treatment in June under a special
investigational drug protocol,
and Denver Health initially was
the only organization in Colorado
providing the treatment.
Denver Health’s Ambulatory
Care Services Quality
Improvement team
honored
six employees and three
clinics as Quality Heroes
.
The annual awards recognize
primary care providers, medical
assistants and clinics across
Denver Health with the highest
scores in quality improvement
goals, such as screenings for
cervical cancer, controlling
high blood pressure, evaluating
kidney health, following up on
depression and closing gaps in
care. The Westside Pediatrics
clinic, internal medicine at the
Westside Adult clinic, and family
medicine at the Montbello
Family Health Center scored the
highest among Denver Health
clinics.
The Denver Health
Pediatric
Dental Residency Program’s
first class of residents started
in
the Webb building on the main
campus for a two-year program
that, once fully operational, is
expected to increase patient
capacity for pediatric dentistry
to over 2,000 patient visits a
month. In addition, specialty
pediatric dental care allows for
more access to our most at-risk
populations for treatment under
general anesthesia and sedation.
Duane Mata, MD, director of
dentistry for community health,
sees this as the first step in
establishing Denver Health as a
leader in children’s oral health for
not only Denver County but the
entire metro area.
The nonprofit LGBTQ+
advocacy organization
Human
Rights Campaign designated
Denver Health as a leader in
health care equality
. Our health
care system is one of only two
hospitals in Colorado to receive
the 2022 recognition, marked by
our 100-point score – the highest
possible – on the Healthcare
Equality Index. The national
benchmarking tool evaluates
health care facilities’ policies and
practices related to the equity
and inclusion of LGBTQ+ patients,
visitors and employees.
MAY
The
Infectious Diseases (ID)
Clinic within the Public Health
Institute at Denver Health
secured over $500,000 in new
grant funding
to implement a
low-barrier, drop-in subspecialty
clinic for people with HIV.
Modeled after the MAX Clinic in
Seattle, the Direct Access to Care
Environment (DACE) Clinic will
provide nontraditional means
of care access to those with the
most need. Spanning 32 months
of funding, this intervention will
help to achieve and sustain our
organization’s commitment of
advancing health equity while
working to close gaps within
the HIV care continuum. The ID
Clinic was one of three national
sites selected to receive this
grant funding for MAX Clinic
implementation.
Fifty-eight physicians at
Denver Health made the list of
“Top Doctors” in 5280 magazine
.
Featured among 343 doctors in
the Denver metro area’s seven
counties, honorees were voted by
other doctors as the physician
they would most want caring for
themselves and their families.
The
Nurse Residency Program
received accreditation with
distinction
from the American
Nurses
Credentialing
Center (ANCC)
Practice
Transition
Accreditation
Program (PTAP).
The ANCC PTAP
sets the global
standard for nurse residency
programs that transition
graduate nurses into professional
practice. Our program is the only
nurse residency program in the
Denver metro area to achieve the
accreditation.
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